suggestions for rpm books / info sources

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Greg_Swift at aotx.uscourts.gov wrote:

> To: General discussion about the RPM package manager <rpm-list at lists.rpm.org>
> From: Greg_Swift at aotx.uscourts.gov
> Subject: Re: suggestions for rpm books / info sources
> 
> rpm-list-bounces at lists.rpm.org wrote on 02/17/2011 10:21:02 AM:
>
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>> One of the best books which I have used is RedHat RPM Guide. There
>> is a free version of the book available in Fedora RPM project which
>> explains the design principles & best practices.
>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/
>> html/RPM_Guide/
>>
>
> On top of that there here are the docs floating around that I personally
> recommend to people:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2008/downloads/pdf/Wednesday_130pm_Tom_Callaway_OSS.pdf
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/RPMMacros
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Packaging_Tricks
> http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ (Slightly outdated, but still useful)

I found the snapshot version helped me get my head aroung 
using RPM as a normal user, and for building packages:

http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm-snapshot/

I will of course checkout the other links mentioned as well.

Keith Roberts

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